Woman Obsessed (1959)

After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in a drifting handyman, they fall in love, and a resentment begins to build between the son and his new "step-father" who treats the boy harshly on purpose to prepare him for life on the frontier.

Released

1959-05-27

Genres

Drama, Romance

Runtime

102 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Henry Hathaway

TMDB rating

6.6/10 from 12 votes